Improvement in ash-sifters



M. P. NECHOLS.

Ash-Sifters.

N0.150,252. Patented April 28,1874.

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UNITED STATES PATENT rrron MARCUS P. NICHOLS, OF ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN ASH-SIFTERS.

Specification forming partof Letters Patent No. 150,252, dated April 28, 1874 application filed February 28, 187 4.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MARCUS P. NICHOLS, of St. Paul, Ramsey-county, Minnesota, have invented a new and Improved Ash-Sifter, of which the following is a specification:

My invention is an improvement in ash-sifters of the class in which the ash-holder has a reticulated or sieve bottom, and is attached to and revolved on a vertical shaft or axis. The improvement consists in constructing the ash-- pans, and the table on which they are set to be revolved, as hereinafter fully described.

Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of my improved ash-sifter, taken on the line as 00, Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on the line y 3 Fig. 1. v

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the cylindrical case, of sheet metal; B, the horizontal rotary table; 0, the shaft of said table; D, the hand-crank for turning the table; E, the bar for supporting the shaft; F, the reticulated ash-pans; G, the door of the case, for opening to put in and take out said pans; H, the flange on the table, for holding the pans against slipping off by centrifugal The table consists of a narrow ring, with suitable arms, making it as open as it can well be, to allow the ashes to escape.

What I claim is In combination with the revolving circular table D, constructed of a flanged ring supported by radial arms, the removable ash pans F F, reticulated. on the sides and bottom, as shown and described.

MARCUS P. NICHOLS.

Witnesses KATE W. NICHOLS. J. P. ALLEN. 

